<p>Aesthetics is a pillar consideration in historic preservation. Yet, purposing aesthetics for preservation ends seems to lag behind the opportunities. Utterly subjective, poses challenges community worldwide moderate, accommodate, and purpose heritage programs. The revolve around assessment of aesthetical three domains. These domains include disposition towards accommodating (advocacy),...

This paper looks at the world of retrocomputing, a constellation of largely non-professional practices involving old computing technology. Retrocomputing includes many activities that can be seen as constituting “preservation.” At the same time, it is often transformative, producing assemblages that “remix” fragments from the past with newer elements or joining together historic components that...